Job Overview

You’ll work at the heart of our facility operations, supporting maintenance, compliance, and decommissioning activities essential to the site’s future, it is expected that there will be a requirement for temporary shift working in certain areas.

Your work will help keep people safe, systems compliant, and progress on track by:

• Carrying out operational and maintenance activities safely, including routine plant, fire, emergency, and surveillance checks.
• Supporting plant improvement, repair, and decommissioning tasks—including working in controlled radiation areas and preparing appropriate containments.
• Operating a range of site equipment such as cranes, MEWPs, LGVs, and forklifts (training provided where required).
• Handling, packaging, and transferring radioactive and hazardous materials safely and compliantly.

Who we are looking for

You don’t need a nuclear background, just the right mindset. We’re looking for individuals who are safety‑focused, adaptable, and eager to learn, with:

• Strong attention to detail, the ability to follow precise instructions, and good general safety awareness.
• Practical, hands‑on experience, trade backgrounds (e.g., mechanical, fitter) are an advantage but not essential.
• Basic literacy, numeracy, and computer skills, along with the ability to work well as part of a team.
• Willingness to undertake shift work, operate in radiological areas, and learn new equipment or systems (e.g., forklift, MEWP, manipulators, ROVs).
• Post specific capability analysis assessment

The successful applicants will be required to undergo appropriate training and testing required for specific plant operations.

Why Join Us

You’ll be part of a supportive team working on a nationally significant project, gaining rare experience within a highly regulated environment. Full training—technical, operational, and radiological—is provided, and you’ll have opportunities to develop specialist capabilities as you progress.

If you’re motivated, flexible, and ready to contribute to a critical phase of Dounreay’s future, we’d love to hear from you.

We are looking to hold interviews week commencing Monday 6 April 2026, however, please note that this vacancy may close earlier than the stated deadline should we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.